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☆ Russian forces ‘highly likely’ behind attack on Ukrainian dam, international law investigation says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Amanda Macias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Maxar satellite imagery BEFORE the damage to the Nova Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine. WASHINGTON — An international team of investigators said in a new report Thursday that it is "highly likely Russian forces deliberately destroyed" the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. Murdoch, who was part of one of the first delegations to arrive at the site, added the attack on the dam may constitute a war crime. Both Russia and Ukraine have placed the blame squarely on each other for the explosion at the dam. The predawn attack on the Russian-held dam unleashed the worst ecological disaster in Ukraine's history since the 1986 meltdown of Chornobyl.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Catriona Murdoch, Murdoch, Igor Klymenko, Yousuf Syed Khan, Khan Organizations: Technologies, WASHINGTON, Global Rights, Mobile Justice Team, U.S . State Department, European, Foreign, Commonwealth, Development Office Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Kherson, European Union

☆ 'Highly likely' Russia behind Ukraine dam collapse, international experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Anthony Deutsch | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

AMSTERDAM, June 16 (Reuters) - It is "highly likely" that the collapse of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine was caused by explosives planted by Russians, a team of legal experts assisting Ukraine's prosecutors in their investigation said in preliminary findings released on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of destroying the Kakhovka dam as a Western-backed tactic to escalate the conflict. Ukraine is investigating the blast as a war crime and possible criminal environmental destruction, or "ecocide". "Even in the highly unlikely scenario the dam, or indeed the area nearby, posed a valid military objective commensurate with eviscerating the dam, it is still afforded an elevated protection under international humanitarian law," she said. The ICC, the world's permanent war crimes tribunal, is also investigating the attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure, which may violate international law.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Yousuf Syed Khan, Khan, Catriona Murdoch, Anthony Deutsch, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: Global Rights, International Criminal, Reuters, ICC, Thomson Locations: AMSTERDAM, Ukraine, Soviet, Kherson

☆ Russian forces target food and water sources to starve Ukrainians, international law report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Amanda Macias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

People receive food from AFAT - Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency on November 28, 2022 in Chernihiv, Ukraine. WASHINGTON — Russian occupying forces in Ukraine have employed starvation tactics on civilians by targeting food lines, agricultural harvests and water infrastructure, according to a team of international lawyers helping Kyiv investigate alleged war crimes. The Kremlin has previously denied that its forces commit war crimes or deliberately target civilians and related critical infrastructure. The lawyers and investigators also found that infrastructure related to Chernihiv's water supply was targeted by aerial bombing. Elsewhere in Ukraine, the investigators found that Russian forces prioritized stealing harvests and destroying agricultural machinery.

Persons: Catriona Murdoch, Vladimir, Putin's, Murdoch, Read Organizations: Emergency Management, WASHINGTON —, Global, CNBC, Mobile Justice Team, Mobile, U.S . State Department, European, Foreign, Commonwealth, Development Office, Russian Embassy, Washington , D.C, Kremlin, Soyuz Locations: AFAT, Chernihiv, Ukraine, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON — Russian, Ukrainian, European Union, Russian, Washington ,, Kherson

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